millennium
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In 1998 and into the new millennium, “Practical Magic” was not the zeitgeisty film it’s become today.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
As the country welcomed the new millennium, ties to Europe had faded, especially as a new crop of immigrant Canadians arrived from Asia and the Caribbean.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
The vast Theban necropolis, comprising an area of around 10km², was Egypt’s main royal and elite cemetery for half a millennium, from ca.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
"Britons warned to get ready for biggest El Niño in a millennium," is the Guardian's take on the UN warnings.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
The exhibit’s close on December 31, 2000, is just when the astronomers on top of the hill crack open their champagne bottles to celebrate the turn of the millennium.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Chinook salmon have been laying eggs in gravelly nests in the Sacramento River for millennia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
The statue has been patinated with a pigment refined from Lapis Lazuli, a semi-precious stone that has been used by artists for millennia.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Park explains: "Breathing techniques have accompanied humanity for millennia across various religions and cultures. With this study, we provide scientific proof that it is a reliable and targeted method capable of controlling our decisions."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Kings, presidents and military academies have wrestled with versions of that question for millennia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Homo sapiens lived for untold millennia without them.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
Like the steady drip-drip-drip of water on stone, which over millenniums reduces a monolith to sand, human contact will have its way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2024
Cody, 41, is a millennial at the forefront of an art form harking back millenniums — at once building on tradition and joyously venturing beyond it.
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2024
Three millenniums ago, a small, prosperous farming community briefly flourished in the freshwater marshes of eastern England.
From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2024
It would guide scientists in their understanding of our still-unfolding present for generations, perhaps even millenniums, to come.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 9, 2024
Collectively, memorable events have caused the ever-quickening pace of change during the past five millenniums, which begin with what we call the ancient world.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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